Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-10
THE LATEST FROM DERBY.
Forbiddfng Find-A RepuIsIve Job for the Medical Examiner-The Re. mains Supposed to be Those of a De- serted New Haven Woman.

A FOrbfddfnS F1nd-A Repuls1ve Job for the Medical Examiner-The Re. mains Supposed to be Those of a De- serted New Haven Woman.
 DERBY, June 9.-On the west side of the canal which feeds the many mills in the Iron City Birmingham is 8 rookery once an ice house but now the resort of horse and the receptacle of odds and ends. Under this runs sewer which drains the hillside at the end of the sluice. In the canal is sand flat pro-
 jecting into the water fifteen feet. The dame
 sensation chooses, without respect to envi-
 ronment or locality, the spots for her eager
 pursuers to congregate. and this elevation
 was spotted by her, forsooth, to help the hun
 gry reporter and slake the thirst of 1egions
 who scan murder trials before they con on
 stock bulletins. In the center of this sand
 court last Friday an object appeared. The
 wo1kmen in the Sterling Organ company's
 factory just opposite noticed something
 there, but looked no deeper. Wednesday
 afternoon two boys stumble on the prem
 ises and discover couple of human feet
 emerging from the sand. The news is hur
 ried and others assist in demonstrating the
 body of a woman buried in the sand. Chief
 Nolan arrived and took charge subject to in-
 structions from Medical Examiner Beardsley,
 who at that very time was holding an audi
 ence with Coroner Mix at New Haven. Dr.
 Beardsley reached the spot at half-past and
 took in the situation. The body laid partly
 buried, with the head directed east. Owing
 to the putrid sloughing which had been long
 active, the various members had
 been to some extent separated from
 the trunk. The head fell off on
 lifting the body and the left arm
 was gone from the shoulder, nor has it yet
 haaD ha re1nainS xUara a maas
 of corrupt flesh, and it is not to be wondered
 at that the medical examiner, ,habituated as he is to revolting scenes, for second took breath ere he tackled the solution of this
 stinking problem. But duty called for a
 thorough study of this mystery and Dr. this case with his usual painstaking. The mass was consigned to the morgue, where the examination was conducted. The doctor found no clew whatever, but reported the woman to be apparently forty years old, five feet four and weighing one hundred and six ty pounds. Her clothing consisted of black alpaca dress, under which was blue and white apron covering calico wrapper. A red balmoral skirt and other underwear con- cluded the outfit. The woman wore broad 1 cloth jacket. After a minute scrutiny of the remains Dr. Beardsley ordered burial |
 This ease is by no means easy to decipher. Various hypotheses are ahoat, but the off cials are reticent Coroner Mix and Detec- 1 tive Leete were in company with the medi- l cal examiner in Birmingham yesterday after noon. A fact ascertained by an interview of ] McCally and two others working in the organ factory substantiates what the autopsy re- vealed, and had not the medical examiner been exhaustive in his inquest, a confrma- tion of this item could never have been made. l McCally and his two co-laborers say that last fall, just after the races, they met woman on the Derby l railroad embankment semi-drunk. The ! creature looked forlorn, ,and it was said man l brought her from New Haven and de- | serted her there. They noticed she had no front teeth, but had prominent bicus l pid teeth. Not knowing what Dr. Beardsley ! had found, they were surprised that their &C., l count tallied with his notes. This requires one to believe the deceased fell into the ca nal eight months ago, and has been denizen | of those waters ever since. How and why l she came to the spot where the body was | hidden in the sand, is what no fellow has | yet found.